Tamara Novikova
Tamara Novikova (born June 6, 1932 at Irkutsk, USSR) is a former female cyclist from the Soviet Union.[1]
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| Full name | Tamara Novikova | |||||||||||||
| Born | 6 June 1932 Soviet Union | |||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road & Track | |||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||
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| 1955 Female world record for 1 hour, 38.473 km | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Novikova broke the women's World Record for 1 hour on July 7, 1955 when she covered 38.473 km,[1][2] breaking the mark of Italian Alfonsina Strada that had stood for 26 years.[3]
Novikova took the silver medal in the first UCI Road World Championships - Women's Road Race at Reims, France in 1958. She finished behind Elsy Jacobs of Luxembourg.[1]
On the 'Cycling Rankings 1958 - 2006' she was ranked 45th.[4]
References
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